Opener day

[ovation62]

 
So how did eveyone do? I got into the stand at 3ish and man it was blowing like mad, my tree was taking me for a ride thanks god I tired myself down so I wouldnt fall out. Saw nothing and it was cold ...
May go back out tomorrow morning before th rain starts.

[lentz]

i sat for 2 hours mid day then had to go in for a b day party then sat from 4-730 almost got to get my first  it was 30rd yards be hind me in my rifle shooting lane and i could not pull my bow back because i would of hit the stand. but he entertaned me for 30 minutes. saw zero deer but my trail cam pics are awsome.

got a fork coming in like every other day
six coming in every other day
eight coming in every few days
and a 10 came in last day before the camera died
and a doe coming in every day during light but my guess is they came in in the morning because they dont have a pattern but does are mainlly morning and bucks evening

i have pictures of the eight and the six fighting got probobly 10-20 photos of that because they did it like 2 or 3 times on camera ( 10 yards from my stand)

[bweyer]

Saw a spike and a decent 8 in the morning. Not what I'm after, but nice to see. Took my son out in the evening and saw a fork. Nothing this morning, got out early just beating the rain.

[ovation62]

I didnt go out..I sore from going up the tree.lol Its raining so think Ill just get and watch football and car racing..have to work tomorrow hate to clean a deer all day before work.
Maybe next week-end well be better. I have a 3 pointer , bottom buck,6 pointer ,and5 pointer comming in, and alot of does.

[deadeye]

I had family things to do on Saturday.  I came down with a whopper cold late last week so when I got up this morning (Sunday) I just said, "there's still 103 days left" and stayed inside.  Worse part of the day was I wasted several hours watching football. 

[Cody Gruchow]

opening morning was a bust. sat in my favorite bow stand, wind was wrong for it but i did it anyway. sat at 30 feet and sprayed myself head to toe in dead down wind scent killer and wore my scent blocker. well seen turkeys and lots of squirrels then a red fox and a stray cat. but not one deer on opening morning. went out to the stand at 3:30pm, i was gonna sit from 2 to dark but i was watching the gophers. well got out there and 2 big does were standing in my shooting lane right in front of my stand. they busted and that was it. sat in the stand and seen nothing else but squirrels. left the stand 30 minutes early. gets to dark in the woods couldnt shoot anyways. checked out the corn feilds and 3 does where stand on the edge. stopped the truck 150 yards down and the stalk was on. wind was favorable so i gave it a try. well got the edge of the corn and seen they had walked about a 100 yards down already. i walked around swift and fast to the next edge and there one was i drew and out stepped a fawn and i let down. she took off and that was it. coolest part was i stalked to within 4 yards of that deer and could of taken a shot if it wasnt a fawn. be back out monday morning.

[nontypicalhunter]

Saw 2 does opening morning, didn't get a shot. Saw 1 doe last night, same thing to far away. This morning had 2 come under my stand and shot a big doe at 8 yards. Decent opening weekend.

[lentz]

nice is there going to be a hunting contest?

[HUNTER2]

Just doe's and fawns here.

[Cody Gruchow]

was out again this morning. again i didnt see any deer. this is getting a little crazy now. with the cool weather they should be moving. my guess is they are still in the corn thats bordering the property.

[MTCOMMER]

I didnt get out opening day - I had to work this weekend, but I did get out Sunday evening and this morning.  Sunday I didnt see any deer, just a few turkeys and an owl, I was making lots of noise when I got there making sure the stands were all OK, so I didnt expect to see much.
This morning however, I saw even more turkeys, a flock of about 8.  I also saw 3 does and 3 small bucks (both 4-pointers).  I passed up on the does, had broadside at 10 yards, same with the bucks - they milled around my stand for a good 10-15minutes and then went on their way.  I only get 1 deer where I am hunting, so I didnt want to end my season after 1 day with a small buck.  I will continue to hunt for a mature buck until it starts getting down to crunch time, then I will take a nice doe if I dont see a buck I want.

I wont get out again until October, so it was nice to get out, even if it was just for an evening and morning.

Good luck out there everyone.   

[The General]

Does and fawns for me this last weekend.

[whiteoakbuck]

saw one fawn from stand operner morning going to hit the woods in the am and see if something comes by